Comparison of in vivo and in vitro models to evaluate pulp temperature rise during exposure to a Polywave® LED light curing unit

• Main Authors: Patricio Runnacles (Author), Cesar Augusto Galvão Arrais (Author), Cristiane Maucoski (Author), Ulisses Coelho (Author), Mario Fernando De Goes (Author), Frederick Allen Rueggeberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives: To measure and compare in vivo and in vitro pulp temperature (PT) increase (ΔTEMP) over baseline, physiologic temperature using the same intact upper premolars exposed to the same Polywave® LED curing light. Methodology: After local Ethics Committee approval (#255,945), local an...